“Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight”. (Proverbs 11:1)
In the verse above we see that God hates dishonest scales. While this verse is referring primarily to dishonest business practices, I believe that it could also easily apply to judging by different standards. Often you will see people condemn WoF teachers for saying something that orthodox preachers have said without anybody raising so much as an eyebrow. Let’s look at a few examples of this.
| Orthodox | “Heretic” |
| Faith is a force -A. B. Simpson | Faith is a force -Kenneth Copeland |
| The Sermon on the Mount applies to the millennium rather than the church age. – Dispensationalists | The Lord’s Prayer (included in the Sermon on the Mount) isn’t a New Testament prayer because it doesn’t include the name of Jesus. – Kenneth Hagin |
| Healing is in the atonement and is appropriated by faith. – Assemblies of God | Healing is in the atonement and is appropriated by faith. – WoF |
| Don’t pray “if it be Thy will” when praying for healing. -Andrew Murray | Don’t pray “if it be Thy will” when praying for healing. – Kenneth Hagin |
| We become what we think. -Chuck Swindoll | We become what we think and say. -WoF |
| God does nothing apart from believing prayer. -John Wesley | God does nothing until we pray. -WoF |
| We can become gods. -Certain church fathers and C. S. Lewis | We are little gods. -Copeland, Dollar |
| Jesus descended into hell. -Apostle’s Creed | Jesus descended into hell. -Kenneth Hagin |